Candy-cutting machine.



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Paten'ted June l2, |900.

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK H. WOOLF, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CANDY-CUTTING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 651,789, dated J une 12, 1900.

Application tiled May 3, 1897. Serial No. 634,823. (No model.)

T all whom it 11a/ay concern,.-

Beit known that I, FRANK H. WOOLF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy-Cutting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to cutting-machines for cutting plastic material and the like into pieces of any desired shape, and has for its object to provide a new and improved machine for this purpose, of which the following is a description, reference to be had to the accompanying'drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine embodying mv invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the machine with parts omitted. i

Like letters refer to like parts throughout A the several gures.

The operating mechanism of the cutter isk supported by a suitable frame A. The shaft B is mounted in movable bearings B' in the standards B2 and is provided with a series of cutters B3. The bearings B' may be provided with any suitable adjusting device. As shown in the drawings,they are provided with thread` ed openings engaged by the threaded rods B4, mounted in the standards B2 and provided at their outer ends with the beveled pinion gages each of these pinions. Said shaft is provided with a hand-wheel B8 or other` suitable device by which it may be easily rotated, so as to adjust the position of said bearings. A holding-piece C is interposed between some or all of the cutters and is adapted to holdcated beneath the cutters and below the belt C. The driving-shaft D is mounted in proximity to the machine and is provided with a gear-wheel D', which engages the gear-wheel A beveled gear B6 on the shaft B7 en- D2 on the shaft B. The driving-shaft is connected with the roller C' in any suitable manner, so as to drive the samer-as, for example, by the chain C4. As shown in the drawings, the drivin g-shaft and the shaft B are connected together, so that the adjustment of the shaft B will not affect the connection between the two shafts.

I have described the several parts'of my invention in detail; but it is evident that these parts may be varied in form, construction, and arrangement without departing from the spirit of myinvention, and I therefore do not wish to be limited to the construction shown.

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: When it is desired to operate the machine, the driving-shaft D is started and the cutters B3 and the belt C are set in motion. The material to be operated upon, which may be of any suitable description, is preferably placed upon a plate or the like in layers of the desired thickness, the plate being placed uponthe endless belt. The motion of the belt carries the material under the cutters, and as it passes beneath such cutters it is cut into strips of the desired size. If, for example, it is desired to cut the material into squares, the plate or other device upon which the material is placed is again passed through the machine and is placed upon the belt, so that the second cut produced by the cutters is at right angles to the first cut. When the machine is used to cut candy, for example, the holding-pieces prevent the candy from adhering to the cutters. The cutters may be adjusted to any desired position by means of the hand-Wheel B8.

'I claim-yv In combination, the frame, guide-rollers at opposite ends thereof, an endless belt passing over the same, movable bearings guided in said frame above the belt, a drive-shaft j ourna'led in said bearings, rotary cutters carried thereby, hangers depending from said movable bearings, an idler-shaft journaled in one of said brackets, a gear carried by said idler-shaft meshing with a gear on the driveshaft and chain and sprocket connections from said idler-shaft to one of the guide-pulleys, substantially as described.

FRANK H. WOOLF.

Witnesses:

DONALD M. CARTER, HOMER L. KRAFT.

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